How To Sprint Faster Pt. 5 (Consistency)

Being inconsistent is exactly like being on the treadmill. You are going NOWHERE fast.

Being consistent is what separates contenders from pretenders especially on the track.

When I first got back into track and field in 2015, I still had one foot in the natural bodybuilding door. I used sprinting as a part of my conditioning, but I was not training consistently for speed development.

During that first race in June 2015, I ran an 11.91 in the 100m. This put me in 5th out 6 in my heat and it felt like I pulled both hamstrings at the 90 meter mark. Inconsistency bit me hard right in the glutes.

In June 2016, still with one foot in the natural bodybuilding doorway, I competed again and ran even slower in the 100m dash with a horrendous time of 12.64 and a lousy 200m time of 25.03. The thought of a permanent retirement to this track idea crossed my mind on that day.

While I was very consistent with my bodybuilding training, I was also very inconsistent with my speed development training. It was at this moment without hesitation that I committed 100 percent to specific speed training.